Is this seamaster quartz real or not?

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Hello mrleonov. Welcome to OF

Omega Forums is a collective of mutants who literally cannot think without photos to guide us. 😉 Kindly provide photos, not links. Links are also useless for a historical record of this discussion.

Can you also describe your impression of the watch and what you think might be real or fake about it? Letting us know the price will also guide the conversation in a most helpful direction.
Fair warning, depending on the model, you might not get a lot of love for quartz here, but let's give it a try 🍿
 
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Very probably, although I'm not sure about the crown. The battery is no longer available so it might not have been running for quite some time. Serial number mid-1970s. These are not worth fakeing.

At the price of a lottery ticket it may be worth a punt.
 
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Hello mrleonov. Welcome to OF

Omega Forums is a collective of mutants who literally cannot think without photos to guide us. 😉 Kindly provide photos, not links. Links are also useless for a historical record of this discussion.

Can you also describe your impression of the watch and what you think might be real or fake about it? Letting us know the price will also guide the conversation in a most helpful direction.
Fair warning, depending on the model, you might not get a lot of love for quartz here, but let's give it a try 🍿

😀 Hi!
Sorry for that, i understood. Then i guess i should upload photos only from now on.
Anyway, actually i have never seen it in real life. I just saw two of these pics, price tag (about 65 dollars) and wonder if it is real and should i include it in my small vintage watch collection. Btw, i didn't know that, sorry again. 😀
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Very probably, although I'm not sure about the crown. The battery is no longer available so it might not have been running for quite some time. Serial number mid-1970s. These are not worth fakeing.

At the price of a lottery ticket it may be worth a punt.

Oh hi! Should i want the pic of crown from him? Anyway, how much do you think i should offer for this watch?
 
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😀 Hi!

Oh hi! Should i want the pic of crown from him? Anyway, how much do you think i should offer for this watch?

The crown needs to be pushed in with something like a ballpoint tip to set the time, and that one looks rather too convex to work like that to me. Maybe it's intended to be pushed in by a finger, but.....

...... I paid £4 (GBP 4.00) for this week's lottery ticket, I do not think I'd offer much more in this instance. If you like that style and can accept it may cost a lot more than the purchase cost to get it serviced then put 50 lottery tickets aside and continue searching.



Having this serviced by Omega cost about twice its actual current market value 🙁 Good job I have no intention of selling it.

Late 1970s Omegas also come up with mechanical movements in the same cases, although prices are going to be rather higher. That's what I am looking for now 😉
 
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From what i saw in your pics, the watch was gold plated originally. Coating seems to be badly worn out. Alone from this I would walk away. There are so many near NOS condition Omega Quartz in the wild so always worth to hunt for.

This blue one (for example) to sub 200€


and the silver one slightly above that (and both came NOS to me)
 
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The crown needs to be pushed in with something like a ballpoint tip to set the time, and that one looks rather too convex to work like that to me. Maybe it's intended to be pushed in by a finger, but.....

...... I paid £4 (GBP 4.00) for this week's lottery ticket, I do not think I'd offer much more in this instance. If you like that style and can accept it may cost a lot more than the purchase cost to get it serviced then put 50 lottery tickets aside and continue searching.



Having this serviced by Omega cost about twice its actual current market value 🙁 Good job I have no intention of selling it.

Late 1970s Omegas also come up with mechanical movements in the same cases, although prices are going to be rather higher. That's what I am looking for now 😉
Great purchase ! Wear in good health and enjoy
 
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Great purchase ! Wear in good health and enjoy
The first owner never wore it often 😀

That was me in 1982 😗